Naughty Popcorn

Having a child with diabetes sets a natural break on the amount of sweets we got in our cupboards.
This house is a "Haribo" free zone (Candy free!).

That doesn't mean we don't like a bit of a treat.
So here is some pimped popcorn.
Goes well with a good DVD on a rainy afternoon.

Antony Worrall Thompson has done quite a few good cookbooks for diabetics. And this recipe has been pimped from one of his books.

Naughty Popcorn

• 1/4 cup (50 gr) Popcorn
• 25 gr Dark high quality chocolate, I choose a dairy free version.
• 1 tbsp Honey or "Sweet Freedom" syrup
• 1 tbsp Sesame seeds

Put 1 tsp coconut oil into a wok or large pan. Put on high heat
Add popcorn - lid on and get popping. Shake the wok regularly, not to get black popcorn!
After 3- 5 min when all corns has popped. Turn of the heat.
Now add chocolate, honey and sesame seeds. lid on again and give it a good shaking.
Let the heat of the popcorn do the work. Pour into portion glasses and enjoy!

If you are not in the mood for sweet popcorn, try adding some vanilla salt (pure vanilla powder and salt),
NOT vanilla sugar! That is so good too!

Boozy Cranberry sauce

An absolute Christmas must is cranberry sauce. Here is a easy recipe. The best I have tasted so fare version taken from "Eat, drink & be vegan" by Dreena Burton. But pimped by me, sorry I can't help myself!

Let get started!

• 2 cups of frozen cranberries or fresh
• 1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp Maple syrup
• 1 Tbsp Active Cherry concentrate (if you can't get hold of this, just add another Tbsp of maple syrup)
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 cup Vodka

Everything into a pot and cook for about 15 min, until the cranberries softened and the sauce start to thicken.
The can be made 1 - 2 days in advance, not to get stressed. Just heat up on the day.
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.

Best Glogg in the world - EVER!

This glogg recipe will leave you with rosy cheeks and a permanent smile for quite a while.
I got this recipe from an old danish magasine, but as always pimped by me - to be even better.

Your supposed to make this 2-3 weeks in advance, but who got time for that !? So a week or even a couple of days will do. Lets get started!!

1 brown lager/beer + 1/2 cup of honey, bring it to the boil - and leave to cool.
You will need a large Kilner jar for the next step. Add beer/honey mix to the jar.
And now we are going to add the lethal stuff!
Add 1/2 bottle of vodka or Snaps and 1/2 bottle of red port wine.
Now add the following spices : 3 vanilla pods, 3 whole nutmegs (crush them), 4 whole cinnamon pods,
1 Tbsp cloves, 1 Tbsp cardamon.
Lid on and and leave it for as long as you can bear it. Turn it around every day to mix it.
 When your ready. Put the mixture through a sieve and add 2 bottles of red wine into a pot.
You can add some slices of unvaxed organic oranges and some extra honey, this is all a matter of your taste.
Put it on gentle heat. DO NOT BOIL!
And then a Merry Christmas to you and your lucky guests!

Pumpkin Cupcakes

I know Halloween is over. But it is Thanksgiving in the US, so I thought a Pumpkin cupcake recipe was appropriate.
 This recipe is from on of my favorite books "Vegan Cupcakes take over the world" - pimped my me.

There are many ways to get the pumpkin flesh, please look at the Swedish chef. But I prefer to buy a can of pumpkin instead.

Pumpkin Cupcakes

Mix all these wet ingredients together :
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/3 cup cold pressed rapeseed oil
3/4 cup Xylitol or sugar
1/4 cup Soy milk
1 teaspoon good vanilla extract.
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Now all the the dry ingredients :
1 1/4 white flour or light brown self rasing
1/2 tsp baking powder +1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda,
1 tsp Cinnamon, 1/4 tsp salt, little nutmeg and a little ground ginger.
Stire it all together with a fork. DON'T use electric mixer- it will get rubbery!
Into the cups, 180 degrees in the oven for 22 min.

Virus Killer Soup

Flu season is here again! Some people swear to chicken soup to ease a cold, but I got my special weapon to fight the bugs - Virus Killer Soup!
The idea for this soup is taken from Patrick Holford book The New Optimum Nutrition Bible. He is not a chef , but a nutritionist.

This soup is so full of vitamin A, antibacterial garlic, anti inflammatory turmeric and ginger.
So cook a big pot and feed the family. And get those nasty flu bugs out of your life!


1 large onion, 3-6 cloves of garlic - chop and fry in coconut oil.
Add 4-6 chopped carrots, 2-4 sweet potatoes. You can also use a onion squash
Big knob of fresh ginger, 1 red chili, 1tsp turmeric, 1 tsp veggie stock powder and 1 tsp Thai spice mix (optional).
Add chopped red pepper and cover with water. Boil for 15-20 min. Then add tin of coconut milk boil another 5 min. Blitz with hand blender until smooth as velvet. Taste! add salt and pepper as needed.

Add some garlic croutons to get mare garlic inside you.
This soup will make you stronger and get over flu quicker.

Pimped Pirogger

You can find them all over the world with differnet names : Pasties, Empanadas - Pirogger.
A small "all in one" meal! They can be used for the lunch box or picnic - what ever.

I got inspired to bake these again after flicking through Viva Vegan by Terry Hope Romero

Here is the basic dough recpie :

•  3 Cups of light brown Self raising flour. I guess half white, half brown would work as well!
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 6 tbsp chilled nonhydrogenated vegan shortening
• 3 tbsp nonhydrogenated vegan margarine
• 3/4 cup cold water

I use my food processor : pulse the flour, salt and baking powder. Add the shortening and margarine - pulse.
It has to turn into a sand like mixture.Now mix with your hands, adding the water. Knead it.
It should be a soft and stretchy dough. Cover the dough and put it in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
You don't have to use all the dough immediately. I will keep in the fridge for 4 - 5 days.

Now the filling! Raid you fridge and be inspired!

The day I baked these, I had a sweet potato and some spinach to use. So I cubed the sweet potato - small cubes. Chopped a onion and some garlic. Stir fry this in a wok. Add some curry powder and continue until softer. Salt and pepper. Then I added some roughly chopped spinach into the potato mix until soften. Of the heat and crumble some feta into the mixture or some soy cheese if you are like me.

Now ready to make the pirogger!
Set the oven to 200 degrees. Roll the dough in to a small ball, smack it flat on the table top or use a rolling pin. Now add the filling, not too much or you won't be able to close it.

And close the Pirog with a fork - look at the picture.

Brush with a beaten egg or some soy cream and into the oven for 25 min.
So now your turn - Raid your fridge and pimp you pirog !

Monkey food with crocodile juice

Saturday mornings are sacred. If I am lucky the twins let me sleep late, in return for this I make them something special for breakfast. This morning an adaption of a recipe from Alicia Silverstone's book "The kind diet". When I was a child we used to call fruit salad for "Monkey food" (Abe mad). So here is my pimped version of one of Alicia's recipe.

Monkey food with crocodile juice

As many portions of fruit salad as you got people. Cut the fruit up in small bit size pieces or cheat as I did. I went to Marks & Spencer and bought 2 boxes of fresh fruit salad : Mango, strawberries, melons, pineapple, blueberries and apples.

Now he sauce : 2 tbsp non dairy milk (soy, nut etc.) 2 1/2 tbsp almond butter, 2 tbsp Maple syrup, 2 tbsp orange juice. Into a blender or hand whisk it.

Toast some coconut shavings. Drizzled some the lovely sauce over the fruit salad and sprinkle with toasted coconut. OMG - so good!! And the boys loved it.